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The Plattner Story and Others

H. G. Wells

First published 1897
Publisher Methuen
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages vii+301
Price 6/-


17 stories, 1894 to 1896 This collection from Methuen in the UK and Thirty Strange Stories from Edwin Arnold in the US were simultaneous publications (in two 1895-05-01 advertisements viewed, "Immediately" and "Ready To-day"). All 17 Plattner stories are among the Thirty, with 10 of 15 stories from The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (Methuen, 1895) and three not collected in the UK.


• No statement of printing on copyright page • Price from Tuck • An OCLC record notes the month from a publisher's catalogue in the back of the book

This is the source edition for Project Gutenberg Ebook #42989 (see). The ebook (viewed in HTML format) begins with a front cover image: design as displayed here, nearly maroon in hue. It accurately represents all front material including layout.

HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original cover: -- front cover: gold lettering on maroon cloth -- title page -- stories span p1-301; printer statement p[302] -- 40 back pages (images 317-56): "A Catalogue of Books and Announcements of Methuen and Company ..." (header) and (first-page footer) "March 1897"

Full title and subtitle "In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story" appear only on page 224, with short title "In the Modern Vein" in the Contents list.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Plattner Story and Others Cover 1900 Tauchnitz Paperback Collection 294
The Plattner Story and Others Cover 2013 Forgotten Books Trade Paperback Collection 350
The Plattner Story and Others Cover 2013 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 42989
The Plattner Story and Others Cover 2018 Outlook Verlag Hardcover Collection 184
The Plattner Story and Others Cover 2023 IndoEuropeanPublishing Trade Paperback Collection 228